Morra Aarons-Mele

Welcome to my website. I blog at BlogHer.com, HuffingtonPost.com, and TechPresident.com.
June 26th 2008
Tags: Feminism, Politics, Work

Morra on the guardian.co.uk

First weekly column is up today... When it comes to marriage, the more things change, the less things change. In a society where mothers who work full-time still do twice the amount of housework and even more childcare hours as working fathers, the idea that Dad would give up his career ...
June 26th 2008
Tags: Internet Media, Psychology, Work

I’m not here- but I am Twittering

At the recent PDF Conference in New York, Arianna Huffington faced the audience and said, "I want you to listen to me." What she meant was, stop multi-tasking for a second. Stop Twittering, blogging, IM-ing, catching up on email, or reading Gawker and listen. We all hear, we're adept at hearing ...
June 23rd 2008
Tags: Feminism, Internet Media, Politics, Work

Obama leading the way on working women

As any Democrat knows, "Working Families" are a staple of any good Dem's rhetoric. The concept of "helping America's working families" is so often used, it loses its power as a concept. But the "working women" campaign the Obamas are running this week is new. The title of Obama's theme ...
June 21st 2008
Tags: Feminism, Politics, Work

A New Kind of Working Woman in the White House

Yesterday Michelle Obama spoke at a luncheon for the National Partnership for Women and Families. According to the New York Times, Obama "called for an expansion of family and medical leave benefits, health care reform and equality of wages between men and women. “Believe me, when we’re paid less, we ...

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About Me

Morra Aarons has worked for nearly ten years on online campaigns for politics, advocacy groups, and corporate entities. She specializes in mobilizing women online. In addition, she studies the field of work redesign and works with clients to better manage life and work. In her spare time, Morra enjoys blogging about women and politics. She lives near Boston with her husband Nicco, dog Rascal, and cat Uno.


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August 7th 2008
Tags: Feminism, Internet Media, Politics

It’s the new McCain: Titty jokes and Bush smirks

Cross-posted from the Huffington Post From Politico: "...at a biker rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, John McCain appears to have volunteered his wife for a topless beauty pageant: McCain felt so comfortable at the event that he even volunteered his wife for the rally's traditional beauty pageant, an infamously debauched event that's been ...
July 21st 2008
Tags: Feminism, Internet Media, Psychology

What I learned from (hot chick on Wired magazine cover) Julia Allison

What kind of ambition drives a woman to appear in a glamour shot on the cover of a nerd magazine under the caption, “Become Internet famous (even if you’re nobody)…Julia Allison and the secrets of self-promotion.” Did you all see the recent Wired cover with Julia Allison? Women on Wired ...
July 20th 2008
Tags: Uncategorized

Cobbler has no shoes

My website is in a bad place. I know. I'm in a major transition: career, life stage. And thus, the site is in flux, my bio's in flux, all is flux. I will soon have a lovely, frequently updated site. Until then, remember me fondly and read me elsewhere!SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ...
June 28th 2008
Tags: Politics

Zimbabwe’s dead as Mugabe prepares to assume the “throne”

The Chicago Tribune has a very moving article. Mugabe's people have been killing members of the opposition party and we worry about our presidential candidates making poor jokes...  Kalyn sent me these links from Field to Feast, an African food blog- a post from April with hope: "A week ago today, the ...
June 26th 2008
Tags: Feminism, Politics, Work

Morra on the guardian.co.uk

First weekly column is up today... When it comes to marriage, the more things change, the less things change. In a society where mothers who work full-time still do twice the amount of housework and even more childcare hours as working fathers, the idea that Dad would give up his career ...

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